User blog comment:Bluestripe the Wild/Redwall Wars:Civilizations/@comment-1209332-20090904020813

Are you trying to relate this to real life? I'm an expert on the romans and I can tell you:

their army was the largest on earth.

They primarily used short swords called gladuis, as well as some long swords. They never used slings or bows, which were not invented until after the fall of the Roman Empire

Also another army: The Carthaginians. They had skills in pathfinding, were excellent trackers, and rode (I kid you not) elephants.